Device for assisting in ahandlabeling operation



E. H. PIERCE Dec. 28, 1948.

DEVICE FOR ASSISTING IN A HAND LABELING OPERATION 'Filed Oct. 24, 1945 AINVEN TOR. erg/Yflz'erce W Arro HEY Patented Dec. 28, 1948' 2,451,489; 7DEVICEFORfASSISTINGINA' 113N11 IS'AB'EIIING ormnnon" Eugene HiPierce,.Ghi'cago, 111 assignomb swim & pompany; Ghicago, Ill.,,,a corporationof'I-llia D015 The'c pr'esent invention relates to a container labelingdevice and-.more particularly to such: a. device'zwhich may berused 'toassist in aflixingya gnmmedrlabel to a container. Itsislamobjectrof thepresentinvention to pro-- vide a; container? labeling device which'is ofex tremely simple and durabl'ea construction" and:- which may be used toassociate alabel with a. containerrwhereby the label may be aflixedltotheicontain'enby'hand? Another object of the: present invention :iszto:provide.arlabeling.deviceiwhich is operable. withouttmodification.forrthe' application of ilabels ito truly: cylindrical containers, orto" those: which are:otttaperedizconfigurationn Still another objectof:the presentl'invention' is: tmpmvideiazcontainerilabeling device whichpositively 'lines thetcontainerupwithiailabel whereby; with: a; simple:hand. operation, the: label. may-be quickly appliedttoalcontainer.

Yettanother objectof the present invention-is twprovide': a" labelingdevice for containers; in: connectionwithwhich' an adhesiveisffreshlyvam plied to theiemliaofl'azlabel just as the-label istto: beapplied to the container.

Qtlrer'. objects of .thevinvention' will beapp'arent:ftomnthezfollowing"detailed. description; taken in: conjunction with thedrawings, in which:

FigzLisza; perspective view showing the device aseaiwholel and themethod by whichiitzisl ems ployedtby antop'erator;

Eig. ,2: is a. plarr-viewl of the device with thex coverofcthe gluepotremoved;

Eig.1 3=-is: a, vertical :sectional view ofrthe device: on:the1ine=3'-3'of Fig.2;

Fig.4: is an enlarged: fragmentary sectionali view onitheline 4-4"ofFig. 2; and

Efig.'.5 isi-a View showing the manner of; completingthe application oralabel to a container;

Intthe drawings, the numeral l designatestthe';

base: of: therdevice: To. the base I: in? opposed? relationship arerigidly secured standards: 2 which.

arise? therefrom in a substantially vertical fplanei These standards mayconveniently'bewrigidly see cured:to.- the,-latera1 edges of-the baseportion: I as at 4 and 5, but it is to be understood'sthat':the-exactapositioning and the methodofisecuring, the standards form nopart of the present? invention; The standards 2 are: providedrwith'oppositelydisposed guiding channels 6 for: an

reason-t0 be broughtout fully hereinafter:

. The.:standards+2 together with the channels; 6

therein are: adapted to receive andxpositiorrxa: gluepoh, indicated;generally byv the. numeral a; which isiformed -of -any.;suitab1ematerial buiaprefe I 4 Claims (Cl-M21695)? erablysof metal) Thetgluepot:may conveniently bet-generally rectangular shape and its bottomportioncmay comp-risen sheetmet'al strip 9 having a longitudinallyextending slot l0 formed therein,

On'erofi:theerelatwely longer'and the two shorter Goveringethe gilnepotisa cover member I 5 which iforrconveznence hasnpositioned thereon" almob aliiiz'. Ire-order tosprovi'de f'or correct posi tioning ofthecover member l5 on the gluepot; the: foturr laterah edges thereof I maybe recessed aszshdwn'zati I?! r ando; I 83in Figure 3, and 1 at I9 -in-Eiguresr4;..soras tozleavesaithickened portion which will; be: slightlysmallleri'in dimension tharr the opening; imtheiglnepot 8v Thetlateralidimension of the cover member I5 is zzmadelsomewhatigreater than thatof the glue poti 8'? soc thati thererare provided wing portions 7 20'which extend so that their outer extremities are! adjacent thestandards-i'? As shown clearly in: Figure: 4'} the extensions 2Il-'aredesigned" to" cooperate-withcoil springs 22, rigidly andop- Ipositelysecured to-the base I a-t points adjacent" thettwpwshorter'sidsoflthe -gluepot w and arising: fromzthetbase 'l in parallelrelationshipwith these" sidea so as to urge-the gluepot 8 toward thebase" with;any 'desired:-degreeoi force. It-is readily seem'thatzthis:may be accomplished by inserting the: winge portions 20 between adjacentcoils of thes: springs-:12 at any desired-distance from the loweriendsthereofi; thereby adjustingthe tension. l hrepositoryt for labels,generally indicated by 24', maintaining thein in-position relative tothe gluermt-EB; maybe conveniently formed bylaterallyextending.sidawallsizfiirigidly secured in any suitable mannerto the base land arising perpendiculazc thereto'.: 'I helabe-lrepository 24 15-016386 by a: rearlwal'lifi secured along its loweredge-totheczbase I and alonggr'itsl opposedlateral edges to thevasidesTorinsureicorrect-positioning'of the labels in the repository 24, afiller block 2 pre seating-a sliglftly -curvectsurface-toward thelabelsm'EYflEseQuredEthBmimmaterial, it is feasible to construct differentmachines for containers of Various sizes, but it is to be understoodthat if desired the device may be made adjustable so that various sizecontainers may be labeled in the same device.

Obviously, many modifications and variations of the inventionhereinbeforej'se t forth may be made without departing from the spiritand scope thereof, and therefore, only such limitations should beimposed as are indicated in the ap- V pended claims.

of screws 3! and longitudinally extending open ings 32.

other liuqid adhesive which is applied to an individual wrapper andautomatically aligning the This abutment serves the dual'= func-- tionof regulating the length'of -a film creme or base member l in front ofthe gluepotby zneans What is claimed is:

'l'. A container labeling device, comprising: a

base member; a repository for a stack of labels carried by said basemember including side walls and a rear wall rigidly secured to said basemember, said side walls having opposed recessed porforward edge of astack of labels which is placed k adapted to position a container abovesaid stack in the label repository at 24 as the stack'te'nds edges ofthe labels abutting the stop member 30 and being supported throughouttheir length by the filler block 21. The gluepot 8 is then placed inposition by insertion of the wing portions :14 in the guide channels 6and allowed to drop until the bottom portion contacts the topofthefirst' label of the stack, The gluepot is then filled to the desiredlevel with liquid adhesive and the cover l5 placed thereon.

The correct amount of force urging theglue-pot downward upon the labels,so as to produce: the

desired thickness of adhesive film thereon, is provided for by insertionof the BXtBIISiOHSiZflZb-Y tween coils of the springs .22'at' thenecessary height from the lower end thereof.

A container to be labeled is then placed the cradle of the device withone hand whi-lethe other hand picks up the end of the topmost label andplaces it over the container. :The container is given a turn whichwithdraws the end'of the label under the gluepot. This end is thenpressed into place upon the end of the-label which was previously placedover the container completing theoperation. q ,'=.'1.

Although the above descriptionyhas beenwdirected particularly to alabeling. operation'in which the individual labels are ofsuch a lengththat they completely surround the containerxso that the edges willoverlap, it is to beunderstoodt that the present device may also beadvantage; ously employed in a labeling operation in which shorterlabels are employed. In so employing the device, labels would be usedhaVing'a film of dried adhesive of the remoistening type on. the'zinnerside of each label adjacent the edge thereof'whichi is to be grasped andplaced over the containeri being labeled. It is to beunderstood'ofcourse that this film of dried adhesive would have to bemoistened before adhering it to the surface of.

the container. After this operation has been carried out, however, thecontainer is, as before, given a turn which withdraws the end. of thelabel under the gluepot and this end is then also applied to the surfaceof the container so that it is adhered thereto, completing the labelingoperation;

, Because of theinexpensive manufacture of the device which may becomposed -of-1any -suitable,

A stack of'labels is placed in the repository 24 with the forward tionstherein intermediate the ends thereof of labels so that one of the endsof the uppermost ofsaid labels may be readily grasped and Wrapped aroundsaidcontainer; a gluepot having a longi-e tudinal opening in the lowerend thereof; 'and means guiding said gluepot'for vertical movementrelative to said base so that said opening in said gluepot contacts theother end of the uppermost of said labels transversely thereof andadjacent thereto. iv 5 1 '2.'A "container labelingdevice, comprising: abase member; a repository for a stack of labels carried by said basemember including side walls secured to said base member,.said side wallshay-1 ing opposed recessed portions therein interme-: diate the endsthereof adapted to rpositionia. container above said stack of labels,andrmeans. associated with said base to turn one end of'rthe stackupwardly to a position; approximately: as: high as ahorizontal planetangent to the topofy a container positioned in said, recessedfportions"so that one of the ends of the uppermost ofssaid: labels; may be readilygrasped and wrapped around said container; a gluepot having a longi-'tudinal opening at the lower end thereof; and.- means guiding saidgluepot for substantially ver tical movement relative to said base sothatcsaidopening in said gluepot contacts the other end of the uppermostof said labels substantially transversely thereof. 1 3. A containerlabeling devicezcomprisingzila base member; a repository for a stackoflabels; carried by said base member including sidewalls;

secured to said base member, said side wallshavtudinalopening in thelower end thereof; and

means guiding said gluepot-for substantially" vertical'movementrelative'to said baseso' thatl said opening in said gluepot contacts theother end of the uppermost "of said labels'substantially transverselythereof,

-4.1A container labeling device;'comprisingwa; base member; a repositoryfor a stack of labels carried bysaid base member including side w'allssecured to said base member, said side walls-hav ing opposed recessed:portions therein interme (hate the ends thereof adapted toposition-acmtainer above said stack of labels so that o'iie' of the v'endsfof theuppermost of said labels maybereadily grasped and wrapped-around saidcan tainer; a gluepot having a longitudinal opening in the lower endthereof; and means'guiding said gluepot for vertical movement relativeto said base so that opening in said gluepot contacts the other end ofthe uppermost of said labels transversely thereof.

EUGENE H. PIERCE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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